Back at the governor's yamen, the sharp-eyed guards quickly brought fragrant tea, Zhao Erxun wiped his face with a wet towel, picked up the teacup, and commanded in a low voice: "Yiming, sit down, just sit on the chair on the left." ”

"My lord is above, where is the qualification to sit on a lowly position." Xiao Yiming didn't dare to sit down.

Zhao Erxun put down the teacup heavily: "If you are told to sit, you can sit, bastard, dare to play this with the old man." ”

"Yes......"

Xiao Yiming walked over cautiously in the secret laughter of Yuan Jinkai, Guo Tiecheng and others, sat down with half of his buttocks, and made Yuan Jinkai laugh out loud: "Yiming, it turns out that you are also afraid, haha!" Drink tea to quench your thirst. ”

Xiao Yiming scolded secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect on his face, took a sip of the teacup, and felt that the smoking throat was much better.

Zhao Erxun took a sip of tea and gently closed the lid of the teacup: "Yiming, how are you going to investigate this case?" ”

Xiao Yiming hurriedly put down the teacup, straightened her waist, and replied cautiously:

"I think that if all of them are dealt with, I am afraid that the factory will be seriously damaged in the next year and a half, no matter how you say it, someone has to work, right? If all the corrupt officials are replaced, I am afraid that the entire arsenal system will be empty, and what is even more worrying is that who dares to guarantee that the officials who have been replaced will be honest and honest?

"If you are greedy again, things will be delayed even more, it is better to open the net, in exchange for this group of criminals to change their minds and work hard to repay the good, after all, they have been greedy for a long time, no matter how greedy they are, they dare not go too far, and the new ones are not necessarily, they finally got this fat shortage, how can they keep it? I am afraid that the greed will be more subtle and ingenious, and the situation will be even worse. ”

Yuan Jinkai couldn't help laughing, laughed out loud, Zhao Erxun was also happy, pointed at Xiao Yiming and laughed loudly: "Demon! At such a young age, you have won the three flavors of officialdom, how did you grow this little brain? ”

"It's abrupt." Xiao Yiming hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Zhao Erxun smiled happily, and after laughing, he whispered:

"Don't worry, the old man is praising you! Yiming, you already have a belly case in this case, the old man won't say much, just remind you, don't be too kind, you should be ruthless, you still have to be ruthless, there are not one or two heads on the ground, how to deter and save most of the other people who are full of regret and want to change their ways? ”

Xiao Yiming was greatly admired, stood up and bowed respectfully: "Master Xie's teachings, I have a bottom in my heart." ”

Zhao Erxun stroked his long beard with satisfaction: "Very good!" Yiming, you and Mr. Yuan go down to discuss, there are many scruples in the officialdom that you don't understand, you have to ask Mr. Yuan for more advice. ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Yiming turned to Yuan Jinkai and saluted respectfully: "The kid is dull, please give me more guidance!" ”

Yuan Jinkai stood up with a smile: "Let's go, boy, accompany me for two drinks, let's have a good chat!" ”

It was late at night, and Xiao Yiming, who was full of alcohol, came back from Mr. Yuan's house, and saw Sister Yi, Ma Gang, Luo Laosi and Fourth Sister all sitting in the hall, all with very strange expressions.

Luo Laosi pointed to the high pile of fruits and pastries on the bench next to the wall, and then pointed to the stack of silver tickets on the big table.

Xiao Yiming went over and picked up the silver ticket, flipped it twice, and couldn't help but be startled, more than a dozen bearer cash tickets issued by the three largest money banks in the city, the lowest denomination was 1,000 taels. Mr. Yuan's ridicule is still in his ears, he didn't expect those who can't get out of it to send money so quickly, Xiao Yiming put down the silver ticket and sighed.

"No less than 50,000 taels, who sent it?"

Xiao Yiming took the tea handed by the little girl and sat down slowly.

Luo Laosi handed over Zhang He's post: "Look for yourself, three people came, left this large pile of gifts and silver tickets, refused to sit down, and left immediately." ”

Xiao Yiming took the congratulatory post, glanced at the payment, shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly:

"It was sent by the officials of the arsenal who were suspended pending investigation, and in the afternoon, the governor and the admiral suddenly appointed me to be fully responsible for investigating the corruption and dereliction of duty case in the arsenal.

Sister Yi was taken aback: "Oh my God! You're getting promoted again so soon? ”

"What kind of official are you promoted? Temporary, it's all drudgery to offend people, and there must be two or three overdone officials who fall to the ground, alas......"

Xiao Yiming drank two sips of tea, put down the cup, and felt bored, although this is a great opportunity to make money, but who doesn't understand the governor and the old fritters up and down? If this money is quietly put into his pocket, I am afraid that the career of this life will come to an end.

Sister Yi was worried: "What can I do about this?" You can't do evil! ”

Wu Sansan, who was standing on the side, said grinningly: "Sister Yi, what kind of evil are you making?" Are those officials who corrupt the people's fat and the people's ointment still human? Nearly 1,000 workers in the factory have never received full wages for so many years, they are tired and tired, and they have to be exploited every year. ”

Ma Gang raised his eyebrows: "Yo, the third brother now speaks at a good level, better than the second brother." ”

Wu San smiled and stepped aside embarrassedly.

The clever Xiaofei heard the sound of horses' hooves, and hurriedly went out to open the courtyard door to check, and quickly brought in Zhong Ying, who was covered in sweat. Zhong Ying shouted that she was so thirsty when she entered the door, Xiao Yiming shouted for tea, and motioned Zhong Ying to follow her into the study and chat slowly.

Sitting down with each other, Zhong Ying smiled and showed envy:

"Brother, this brother missed the opportunity, if he hadn't gone back to the camp to reprimand those grandsons who didn't know the height of the sky, wouldn't he be able to accompany the master of the Taiwan Formation with his brother to go to the arsenal? The alliance will ruin my brother's good deeds! ”

Xiao Yiming was amused:

"Brother, if you really go, I'm afraid you won't think so, first of all, this time you have to cut off two or three heads, and you have to expel ten or eight fools who don't have long eyes, the seven people in the prison are all senior members of the fifth grade or above, which one is not someone behind it? Hundreds of thousands of yuan a year, do they dare to hide from the top? The relationship behind it is intricate!

"No, I just appointed my little brother to investigate the case in the afternoon, and someone sent a big gift before I went home in the evening, and my little brother hasn't been assigned to investigate the case, and people have come to the door, you say it's ......."

"Hmmm! Well, that's a bit tricky. ”

Zhong Ying looked at the roof thoughtfully, and kept tapping on the table with a few fingers: "Brother, this matter must not be sloppy, not to mention anything else, just check the accounts, I'm afraid those old fritters will block you." ”

Xiao Yiming shook his head: "It's nothing, to say something arrogant, you really have to investigate carefully, who can hide it from the little brother?" Don't think that those cash flow accounts, material entry and exit accounts, and payment accounts can confuse the little brother, the little brother only needs to pull out a ledger ledger and randomly point out a random one for them to reconcile, and they can scare them out!

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, the little brother can't be busy alone, won't he draw a few masters from his own company to help? If you want to say that you are making false accounts, it is estimated that no one is as strong as the newly hired Mr. Qu of our company, and now Mr. Qu, who is a thirty-percent accountant in the Chengdu business community, has to call the master honestly. ”

Zhong Ying opened her mouth wide, her eyes rolled a few times, and she smiled guiltily: "Brother, don't blame my brother for talking nonsense, the few words just now were just copied by someone else." ”

"I knew that there must be something wrong with you coming so late, let's just say it, what is the relationship between our brothers? Brother, are you still outside? Xiao Yiming glared at him reproachfully.

Zhong Ying felt even more guilty in her heart, and she didn't hide it at the moment, telling the truth:

"It's the elder brother of the Admiral's housekeeper Xie Lao Liu, this grandson and the General Office of the Arsenal Sun have been embarrassed, I don't know how much silver has been greedy for ink in recent years, but this grandson is a bad thing, and he still deals with me when he sees that he is dying, if it weren't for the friendship over the years, Lao Tzu would give him a big mouth on the spot. Alas... This is a trouble, Lao Tzu is not a person inside and out. ”

Xiao Yiming frowned: "Brother, does Lord Admiral know about this?" ”

Zhong Ying thought for a while: "Maybe you know, maybe you don't know, after all, it's not a small amount in a few years, brother, I don't dare to guess." ”

Xiao Yiming nodded, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice:

"In this way, anyway, there is no conclusion to this matter in ten days and a half, the younger brother has not yet transferred manpower, the elder brother went back and told him, the younger brother can't be the master of this matter, it is estimated that the day after tomorrow will be stationed in the arsenal, and begin to check the accounts and interrogate the relevant personnel, what new statement does he have, let's go back and talk about it, they are all their own people, they can help if they can, and there is no way to help if they can't, after all, in the end, they still have to nod from the master of Taiwan."

"Ahh

Zhong Ying let out a long sigh: "It's just like this, that grandson is probably the master who doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, wait for my brother to pass the words back, see if he can still sleep." ”

Xiao Yiming shook his head and smiled, and after a few more words, Zhong Ying was leaving, so he sent him outside the courtyard gate, and when he came back, he immediately picked up a pen to write a letter to Yuan Jinkai, and then stuffed the stack of silver tickets into the envelope, and went back to take a shower and go to bed early.

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